Local Dialects between Babno Polje and Bosljiva Loka

Abstract

The article outlines the main phonological features of the local dialects Babno Polje, Novi Kot, Osilnica, and Bosljiva Loka from the Slovenian side of the border, and Prezid, Tršće, Ravnice, Gerovo and Hrvatsko from the Croatian side. The local dialect of Tršće is presented in a form of a phonological description where the basic Slovene system is taken as a point of departure. The aim of the paper was to confirm, based on dialectal material, that all of the treated local dialects belong to the same dialect. The study confirmed the following working hypothesis: the national border does not present a dialectal border; the examined local dialects are not mixed; all of them can be classified as a part of the Western local dialects of the Kostel dialect of the Lower Carniolan group of the Slovene language.